Memory Deconfiguration

Detecting and isolating system memory problems is one of the more difficult diagnostic tasks. This problem is further complicated by the system's various modes of memory interleaving as well as the possibility of mismatching memory DIMMs within the same bank.

Given a failed memory component, the firmware will deconfigure the entire bank associated with the failure. This policy also means that the degraded configuration may mean a lower interleave factor, a less than 100 percent utilization of remaining banks, or both depending on the interleave factor.